Subj : Slackware 15.0
To   : Andrew Alt
From : Richard Falken
Date : Wed Oct 14 2020 02:57:55

  Re: Slackware 15.0
  By: Andrew Alt to Dan Clough on Wed Oct 14 2020 12:13 am

 > -=> Dan Clough wrote to All <=-
 > 
 >  DC> Hello all,
 > 
 >  DC> Anybody else use Slackware...?  Are you as tired as I am of
 >  DC> waiting for a new release?  It's starting to get ridiculous.
 > 
 >  DC> Yeah, I know I could switch to something else, but I don't want
 >  DC> to.  Just wish he'd hurry things up a bit, it's been over 4 years
 >  DC> now.  Arrrgggghhhhhh.
 > 
 > Good question. The way I remember recent history is that Slackware used to h
 > a
 > release cycle/goal of every 6 months. Then Patrick and his wife had their fi
 > 
 > child.
 > 
 > I don't know if that's the reason for the slow-down, but from what little I
 > know
 > of raising children, they can definitely gum up the works! ;)
 > 
 > I switched to Debian a few years ago. I still love Slackware (it was my firs
 > distro) and peek at the current changelog once in a while though. I wish
 > Patrick
 > and his family the best.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > --
 > -Andy
 > 
 > 
 > ... Beep. Invalid Input. I take only cash.
 > -+- MultiMail/Linux v0.52

I am also getting burnt by the wait.

I don't mind using old software, but sometimes you need to use new software,
and I am having to migrate some Slackwares to something else because Slackware
14.2 is getting too old.

The problem is I know no other reliable Linux I'd like to run.

I could probably install Void and establñish a weekly upgrade schedule for
"frontline" programs (browsers, email clients) and a anual schedule for the
core (glibcs, binutils, kernels), but thing is, when I booted the live
installer for a test, I was greeted by a session manager error, which gives a
very lame first impression.

Also I don't like rolling releases for serious stuff.

Devuan is quite ok. I am not a fan of apt distributions though. I guess it is
the one I will end up installing where I cannot fit a BSD though.

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